Incident Date:
September 11, 1999
September 11, 1999 - December 19, 1999
Incident Successful: Yes
Location: Unknown Ecuador
Perpetrators: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
Event Type: Hostage Taking (Kidnapping)
Weapon Type(s): Firearms (Unknown Gun Type)
Organization Type: Leftist,
Suicide Attack: No
Hoax: No
Violent Extremism:
Doubt Terror: No
Target Information
1- Business(Gas/oil)
2- Tourists(Tourists)
Canadian Target: Yes
Canadian Victim: No
Canadian Perpetrator: No
By foreigners against foreign target(s) in Canada:
Victims: 1 fatalities, 0 injuries
Perpetrators: 0 fatalities, 0 injuries
Description: "09/11/1999: Leonard Carter--a U.S. citizen and United Pipeline Systems oil worker--was taken hostage along with one Belgian, three Spaniards, and seven Canadians. The company was a subsidiary of Pacalta Resources Ltd. a Calgary, Alberta-based contracting firm. The Canadians and Americans worked for the firm; the rest, one Canadian, and three Spaniards, were tourists. An Ecuadoran soldier was killed during a gun battle when he tried to stop the kidnappers at a roadblock as they headed north toward Colombia. Ecuadoran police rescued a Canadian hostage later that day. A month later, a Canadian woman and several Spaniards were released. On December 19, the rest of the Canadians and the American were freed. Their ransom was paid by City Investing, the Ecuadoran unit of Alberta Energy Company- the company that contracted the United Pipeline. Some reports set the ransom as $3.5 million. The State Department's annual terrorism report indicated that no demands were paid and that FARC officials had denied involvement. "
References: 1) Janes DB
2) GTD 1970-2012 data file
3) """Police Confirm Kidnapping of 1 US Citizen,"" Madrid EFE, 12 Sept 1999; Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies"
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